diff --git a/osmclient/scripts/osm.py b/osmclient/scripts/osm.py
index 76daaa4..fd92477 100755
--- a/osmclient/scripts/osm.py
+++ b/osmclient/scripts/osm.py
@@ -814,6 +814,8 @@
 @click.option('--description',
               default='no description',
               help='human readable description')
+@click.option('--sdn_controller', default=None, help='Name or id of the SDN controller associated to this VIM account')
+@click.option('--sdn_port_mapping', default=None, help="File describing the port mapping between compute nodes' ports and switch ports")
 @click.pass_context
 def vim_create(ctx,
                name,
@@ -823,19 +825,28 @@
                tenant,
                config,
                account_type,
-               description):
+               description,
+               sdn_controller,
+               sdn_port_mapping):
     '''creates a new VIM account
     '''
-    vim = {}
-    vim['vim-username'] = user
-    vim['vim-password'] = password
-    vim['vim-url'] = auth_url
-    vim['vim-tenant-name'] = tenant
-    vim['config'] = config
-    vim['vim-type'] = account_type
-    vim['description'] = description
     try:
-        ctx.obj.vim.create(name, vim)
+        if sdn_controller:
+            check_client_version(ctx.obj, '--sdn_controller')
+        if sdn_port_mapping:
+            check_client_version(ctx.obj, '--sdn_port_mapping')
+        vim = {}
+        vim['vim-username'] = user
+        vim['vim-password'] = password
+        vim['vim-url'] = auth_url
+        vim['vim-tenant-name'] = tenant
+        vim['vim-type'] = account_type
+        vim['description'] = description
+        vim ['config'] = config
+        if sdn_controller or sdn_port_mapping:
+            ctx.obj.vim.create(name, vim, sdn_controller, sdn_port_mapping)
+        else:
+            ctx.obj.vim.create(name, vim)
     except ClientException as inst:
         print(inst.message)
         exit(1)
@@ -850,9 +861,9 @@
 @click.option('--tenant', help='VIM tenant name')
 @click.option('--config', help='VIM specific config parameters')
 @click.option('--account_type', help='VIM type')
-@click.option('--sdn_controller', help='Name or id of the SDN controller associated to this VIM account')
-@click.option('--sdn_port_mapping', default=None, help="File describing the port mapping between compute nodes' ports and switch ports")
 @click.option('--description', help='human readable description')
+@click.option('--sdn_controller', default=None, help='Name or id of the SDN controller associated to this VIM account')
+@click.option('--sdn_port_mapping', default=None, help="File describing the port mapping between compute nodes' ports and switch ports")
 @click.pass_context
 def vim_update(ctx,
                name,
@@ -863,36 +874,25 @@
                tenant,
                config,
                account_type,
-               description):
+               description,
+               sdn_controller,
+               sdn_port_mapping):
     '''updates a VIM account
 
     NAME: name or ID of the VIM account
     '''
-    vim = {}
-    if newname: vim['name'] = newname
-    if user: vim['vim_user'] = user
-    if password: vim['vim_password'] = password
-    if auth_url: vim['vim_url'] = auth_url
-    if tenant: vim['vim-tenant-name'] = tenant
-    if account_type: vim['vim_type'] = account_type
-    if description: vim['description'] = description
-    config_dict = {}
-    if config is not None:
-        if config=="" and (sdncontroller or sdn_port_mapping):
-            raise ClientException("clearing config is incompatible with updating SDN info")
-        if config=="":
-            vim['config'] = None
-        else:
-            config_dict = yaml.safe_load(config)
-    if sdn_controller: config_dict['sdn_controller'] = sdn_controller
-    if sdn_port_mapping:
-        with open(sdn_port_mapping, 'r') as f:
-            config_dict['sdn_port_mapping'] = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
-    if 'config' not in vim and config_dict:
-        vim['config'] = yaml.safe_dump(config_dict)
     try:
         check_client_version(ctx.obj, ctx.command.name)
-        ctx.obj.vim.update(name, vim)
+        vim = {}
+        if newname: vim['name'] = newname
+        if user: vim['vim_user'] = user
+        if password: vim['vim_password'] = password
+        if auth_url: vim['vim_url'] = auth_url
+        if tenant: vim['vim-tenant-name'] = tenant
+        if account_type: vim['vim_type'] = account_type
+        if description: vim['description'] = description
+        if config: vim['config'] = config
+        ctx.obj.vim.update(name, vim, sdn_controller, sdn_port_mapping)
     except ClientException as inst:
         print(inst.message)
         exit(1)
diff --git a/osmclient/sol005/client.py b/osmclient/sol005/client.py
index ca8f151..cec7436 100644
--- a/osmclient/sol005/client.py
+++ b/osmclient/sol005/client.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 
         if ro_host is None:
             ro_host = host
-        ro_http_client = http.Http('http://{}:{}/'.format(ro_host, ro_port))
+        ro_http_client = http.Http('http://{}:{}/openmano'.format(ro_host, ro_port))
         ro_http_client.set_http_header(
-            ['Accept: application/vnd.yand.data+json',
+            ['Accept: application/json',
              'Content-Type: application/json'])
 
         self._http_client = http.Http(
diff --git a/osmclient/sol005/http.py b/osmclient/sol005/http.py
index 5311ca8..4debf0d 100644
--- a/osmclient/sol005/http.py
+++ b/osmclient/sol005/http.py
@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@
         data = BytesIO()
         curl_cmd = self._get_curl_cmd(endpoint)
         if put_method:
-            curl_cmd.setopt(pycurl.PUT, 1)
+            curl_cmd.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT")
         elif patch_method:
             curl_cmd.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH")
-        else:
-            curl_cmd.setopt(pycurl.POST, 1)
+        curl_cmd.setopt(pycurl.POST, 1)
         curl_cmd.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, data.write)
 
         if postfields_dict is not None:
diff --git a/osmclient/sol005/sdncontroller.py b/osmclient/sol005/sdncontroller.py
index 29b8f68..04b0775 100644
--- a/osmclient/sol005/sdncontroller.py
+++ b/osmclient/sol005/sdncontroller.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     def update(self, name, sdn_controller):
         sdnc = self.get(name)
-        http_code, resp = self._http.patch_cmd(endpoint='{}/{}'.format(self._apiBase,sdnc['_id']),
+        http_code, resp = self._http.put_cmd(endpoint='{}/{}'.format(self._apiBase,sdnc['_id']),
                                        postfields_dict=sdn_controller)
         if resp:
             resp = json.loads(resp)
diff --git a/osmclient/sol005/vim.py b/osmclient/sol005/vim.py
index ec1ccad..9d10302 100644
--- a/osmclient/sol005/vim.py
+++ b/osmclient/sol005/vim.py
@@ -34,24 +34,32 @@
         self._apiResource = '/vims'
         self._apiBase = '{}{}{}'.format(self._apiName,
                                         self._apiVersion, self._apiResource)
-    def create(self, name, vim_access):
+    def create(self, name, vim_access, sdn_controller, sdn_port_mapping):
         if 'vim-type' not in vim_access:
             #'openstack' not in vim_access['vim-type']):
             raise Exception("vim type not provided")
 
         vim_account = {}
-        vim_config = {'hello': 'hello'}
         vim_account['name'] = name
         vim_account = self.update_vim_account_dict(vim_account, vim_access)
 
         vim_config = {}
         if 'config' in vim_access and vim_access['config'] is not None:
-           vim_config = yaml.load(vim_access['config'])
-
-        vim_account['config'] = vim_config
+            vim_config = json.loads(vim_access['config'])
+        if sdn_controller:
+            sdnc = self._client.sdnc.get(sdn_controller)
+            vim_config['sdn-controller'] = sdnc['_id']
+        if sdn_port_mapping:
+            with open(sdn_port_mapping, 'r') as f:
+                vim_config['sdn-port-mapping'] = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
+        if vim_config:
+            vim_account['config'] = vim_config
+            #vim_account['config'] = json.dumps(vim_config)
 
         http_code, resp = self._http.post_cmd(endpoint=self._apiBase,
                                        postfields_dict=vim_account)
+        #print 'HTTP CODE: {}'.format(http_code)
+        #print 'RESP: {}'.format(resp)
         if resp:
             resp = json.loads(resp)
         if not resp or 'id' not in resp:
@@ -60,14 +68,31 @@
         else:
             print resp['id']
 
-    def update(self, vim_name, vim_account):
+    def update(self, vim_name, vim_account, sdn_controller, sdn_port_mapping):
         vim = self.get(vim_name)
-        #http_code, resp = self._http.put_cmd(endpoint='{}/{}'.format(self._apiBase,vim['_id']),
-        http_code, resp = self._http.patch_cmd(endpoint='{}/{}'.format(self._apiBase,vim['_id']),
+
+        vim_config = {}
+        if 'config' in vim_account:
+            if config=="" and (sdncontroller or sdn_port_mapping):
+                raise ClientException("clearing config is incompatible with updating SDN info")
+            if config=="":
+                vim_config = None
+            else:
+                vim_config = json.loads(vim_account['config'])
+        if sdn_controller:
+            sdnc = self._client.sdnc.get(sdn_controller)
+            vim_config['sdn-controller'] = sdnc['_id']
+        if sdn_port_mapping:
+            with open(sdn_port_mapping, 'r') as f:
+                vim_config['sdn-port-mapping'] = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
+        vim_account['config'] = vim_config
+        #vim_account['config'] = json.dumps(vim_config)
+        http_code, resp = self._http.put_cmd(endpoint='{}/{}'.format(self._apiBase,vim['_id']),
                                        postfields_dict=vim_account)
+        #print 'HTTP CODE: {}'.format(http_code)
+        #print 'RESP: {}'.format(resp)
         if resp:
             resp = json.loads(resp)
-        #print 'RESP: {}'.format(resp)
         if not resp or 'id' not in resp:
             raise ClientException('failed to update vim: '.format(resp))
         else: